FOUQUET, Jean - Madonna and Child. Saint Stephen is identified because he holds the stone that represents his martyrdom, and beneath the stone is the holy scripture (Kleiner 440). The Melun Diptych was painted by Jean Fouquet. Jean Fouquet’s diptych from the Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame in Melun is one of the masterworks of French painting and of fifteenth century art in general. The former left panel, featuring a portrait of the donor Étienne Chevalier and a representation of Saint Stephen, came … The former left panel, featuring a portrait of the donor Étienne Chevalier and a representation of Saint Stephen, came into the Gemäldegalerie’s collection in 1896. The Melun Diptych was commissioned by Étienne Chevalier to hang either over his own tomb or that of his wife’s. Etienne Chevalier, treasurer to the French monarchs Charles VII and Louis XI, commissioned a diptych from Jean Fouquet which remained in the collegiate church of Notre-Dame in Melun until it was split up in the late 18th century. Melun Diptych - Jean Fouquet’s 15th Century Lapis Madonna. Jean Fouquet’s diptych from the Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame in Melun is one of the masterworks of French painting and of fifteenth century art in general. Left Panel of Diptych de Melun. They … ★ El díptico de Melun Virgen y niño rodeados por los ángeles Por Jean Fouquet. Diptyque de Melun reconstitué.jpg 2,012 × 1,092; 1.6 MB. Diptyque de Melun - composition géométrique.jpg 2,011 × 1,098; 1.46 MB. Jean Fouquet’s Virgin and Child, a 15th century oil painting which serves as the second half of what is known as the Melun Diptych, is an undeniably striking piece.The virgin in question seems, to me, ethereal and almost otherworldly. Autoportrait (Jean Fouquet, Diptyque de Melun) (5 F) Media in category "Melun Diptych" The following 6 files are in this category, out of 6 total. Un aspecto sorprendentemente moderno trabajo de Arte cristiano , está considerado como uno de los Las mejores pinturas de la historia . Jean Fouquet also employed the use of iconography, and the most commonly agreed upon symbols are mostly in the left panel of the Melun Diptych. The Melun Diptych is a particularly famous diptych, and it is from the town of Melun, hence the name, the Melun Diptych. A marble Madonna gazes down from the 15th century “Virgin & Child Surrounded by Angels,” an oil painting on panel in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Page of Melun Diptych: Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels by FOUQUET, Jean in the Web Gallery of Art, a searchable image collection and database of European painting, … Jean Fouquet painted The Melun Diptych the same year that Leonardo da Vinci was born and twenty-five years before Michelangelo’s birth.